Happy Birthday To Us (and a giveaway)!
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We are so excited to be celebrating our first year at The Balanced Platter. It’s been an amazing year and we’re so grateful for all of your love and support.
We couldn’t have made it this far without our amazing contributors. They’ve shared so many fabulous recipes and ideas with us.
Amy and I thought it would be fun to celebrate by sharing some of our most popular recipes AND giving away some of our favorite gluten-free resources!
Ten of our most popular recipes of 2012.
1. Vanilla Toasted Coconut Bars
3. Simple Spice Roasted Chick Peas
5. Chocolate Zucchini Breakfast Bread
6. Healthy Green Chocolate Shake – Kid-Friendly
7 Gluten-Free-Zucchini-Fritters
8. Oil-Free Sweet Dijon Salad Dressing
Our birthday giveaway:
To celebrate our successful first year of balanced living, we’re giving away one copy of each of the following (so we will have seven winners!):
Super Healthy Cookies by Hallie Klecker.
Desserts Without Compromise E-Book by Ricki Heller.
The Cook It Allergy Free App by Kim Maes.
Go Dairy Free – The Guide and Cookbook by Alisa Fleming.
Spunky Coconut’s Dairy-Free Ice Cream by Kelly Brozyna.
Welcoming Kitchen – 200 Delicious Allergen and Gluten-Free Vegan Recipes by Kim Lutz.
Simply Sugar and Gluten-Free: 180 Delicious Recipes You Can Make in Twenty Minutes or Less by Amy Green.
THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED.
I follow you on both facebook and Pinterest
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There are so many yummy recipe posts on your blog…it’s so hard to choose, but since I do I choose the Apple Spice Cake with Maple Candy Glaze recipe post.
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Happy New Year! My favorite recipe was the sneaky green shake…I watched with joy as my kids were fooled by this chocolate shake!
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Like Balanced Platter on facebook!
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I love following you on Pinterest & FB. Now I am following on twitter. Thanks for a wonderful year of great recipes & insights! Happy b’day!
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Maple Pecan Freezer Fudge was my favorite post!
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I follow you on Facebook and pinterest. I loved the chickpeas! Awesome snacks!
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I followed The Balanced Platter on FB!
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The Zucchini Fritters post. Thank you for the giveaway.
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I follow you on Facebook and all of your posts are so great – I will choose the 8/30 post though (chocolate zucchini breakfast bread) since that is on my to-make list.
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Chickpeas. Quick and easy and simple to change up the taste for different flavors. That said, the smoothie recipes are always a hit.
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Fantastic resource and recipes! Happy New Year!
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Liked on FB. happy New Year!
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I am following you on both Twitter and facebook.
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I follow Balanced Platter on Facebook. Thanks for offering the giveaway – great resources that would be really helpful as I navigate with dairy and wheat allergies!
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I follow you on all three, already! lol And one of my recent favourite (and very informative!) posts was “The 10 Do’s & Dont’s of Storing Leftovers.”
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I followed you on twitter and pinterest! I am so grateful to have found your site as you make me feel I have delicious options to choose from in my diet!
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I follow you on Pinterest
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9 reasons why you should (and can) start a vegetable garden!
I also liked the healthy holiday cookies too!
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I follow you on Facebook. Like any recipe with chocolate and coconut, such as Almond
Joy Bars!
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I follow you on facebook and twitter and just started getting your email posts! I have really been enjoying the recipes and appreciate the footwork you do for diet adaptability…!!
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Mariangela Reply:
January 1st, 2013 at 3:46 pm
@Mariangela,
forgot to mention I am making the zucchini fritters tonight for dinner!
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CHocolate zucchini breakfast bread:)
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Chickpeas, great snack!
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Chocolate zucchini breakfast bread was my favorite.
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I like The Balanced Platter on Facebook.
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I follow @BalancedPlatter on Twitter.
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I follow The Balanced Platter on Pinterest.
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My favorite Balanced Platter post from 2012 was Pumpkin Donut Holes with Sunbutter Caramel by Hallie Klecker.
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Followed on FB!
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I’ve been meaning to try the pumpkin donuts but as always forgot about the bookmark… but I will try them soon! I’ve tried the banana version of Kelly’s donuts and they were amazing, and pumpkin is one of my favorites! Thanks for the giveaway!
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I follow you on FB. I don’t have a favourite… it changes often. Thanks for posting such great stuff!
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I follow on pinterest and twitter!
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I loved the Vanilla Toasted Coconut Bars
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I follow you on pinterest and now facebook.
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I follow you on pinterest
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I follow you on FB.
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i love the spiced chickpeas!!!! liking you on Facebook and twitter
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I follow you on Facebook. My favorite recipe was the easy pumpkin soup! So delicious and quick to make!
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so many good recipes that I have made and loved…i can’t pick just one!! So much talent among you!
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I already liked you on fb and now on twitter and pinterest!
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Following on all three. My favorite Balanced Platter post were most all of them, but the one I have used the most is Detox Smoothie. Thanks!
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I followed you on Facebook!
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Love what you do on the Balanced Platter! My favourite recipe…Zucchini Fritters
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I follow Balanced Platter on Pinterest
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I started following Balanced Platter on Twitter
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Following you on FB and Pinterest. My favorite recipe is your Chocolate Orange Cheesecake!
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Following on facebook (as Dawn Costerisan- maiden name). I would love- love- love to have all of those books!
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Following you on Twitter. I like the Chocolate Chip Oat Bars.
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I follow on FB.
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I am following you on Facebook!
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I love the detox smoothie!
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so many great recipes! I follow you on all of the above!
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I follow you in FB
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Love how you share so many informative
articles on top of great recipes! I love the
Brilliant beet smoothie !!
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Focaccia Quick Bread – I love Kelly’s recipes!
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pinterest and facebook!! Love the recipes!!
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thank you for all the great recipes. I don’t have a favorite, but am working on a few. I love to follow on FB. thanks.!
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I follow you on FB.
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My Favorite post?? I am not sure I can pick just one . . . . guess I will start with the Spicy Chickpeas. They are a great healthy snack and great as a replacement for croutons on a salad. Thanks for all of your great posts. I look forward to each new post and always learn something!
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I liked the post on allergy free snacks!
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I follow on FB and Pinterest
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A Healthy Spin on Holiday Favorites & Orange Cinnamon Sweet Potatoes with Maple Pecans is a favorite among many articles.
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I like you on Facebook and get your emails. I’ve bookmarked so many of your posts/recipes, it’s hard to pick just one. So I’ll cheat – from the top 10 for the year I’ve made the Vanilla Toasted Coconut Bars the most – delicious, healthy treat, not a trigger:)
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I am following you on Facebook and Pinterest.
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I follow you on both Facebook and Pinterest!
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Following you on facebook. You have so many great posts, I can’t think of a favourite…but I was just checking out those zucchini fritters, and I might be calling that my fave of the moment. Will have to try those SOON!
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My faorite recepie was the gluten free zucchini fritters.
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Well, I confess I don’t have a fave recipe off of BP BUT, I do pop over via The Spunky Coconut when Miz Kelly has a recipe up.
The dijon salad dressing that is in the top 10 posts might just make it on the table this week, as I got a pkg of romaine and want to crunch it all up for dinners!
Happy Birthday!
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I just am learning (like in the last month) about all my food allergies and my celiac…so finding you guys is a blessing!! I’m following on both Pinterest and Facebook! I’m going to try the chocolate zucchini bread first–I’m so excited!! I look forward to feeling so much better in 2013! Thanks for being here!!
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I already follow you on Facebook and now pinterest too! I still have so many recipes to try…and keep adding to my list! But I just made the peppermint krispie treats last night and love them!
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Hi! I follow you on twitter since I don’t use Facebook and Pinterest
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My favorite post would definitely have to be the brownie in a mug…I have used this so many times!
Thanks for starting up this site, and happy “first” birthday to all of you who make it possible! 
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I follow you on Facebook and Pinterest. I love the post, “Sneaky Green” Healthy Chocolate Shake for Your Kids! I had been looking for a great tasting AND healthy shake for my kids! Thank you and Happy Birthday!
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Hi, I am new to following you on facebook, glad to be here, and thanks for creating such a wonderful site! Happy Healthy Birthday!
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I follow you on both Facebook and Pinterest. I love everything on your website. I am new to food allergies and your website is so helpful to me and my family.
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Follow you on FB!
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LOVE SO many recipes, but Apple Spice Cake with Maple Candy Glaze was a huge hit! Awesome!
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I follow on FB and love the almond joy bars!
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I followed you on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest!
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My favorite recipe was definitely the Healthy Green Chocolate Shake!
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Happy Birthday! SO delighted to be a part of this wonderful website. Keep the amazing ideas coming
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Following you on Pinterest and liked you on FB.
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I followed you on facebook and I’m about to go stalk your boards on pinterest and see which ones I’m going to follow. Whether I win anything or not, thank you for sharing all these wonderful recipes!
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I love following you on Pinterest & FB. Happy New Year and thanks for a wonderful year of great recipes & deliciousness! I love your smoothies! Happy b’day!
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I follow you on facebook, twitter and pinterest!
I love the maple fudge post!!
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Following you on FB
Loving all the post, and thinking of having Chocolate Zuchini Bread drinking it down with a Smoothie
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Happy Birthday! I had no idea there was a Facebook and Pinterest to like and follow – did both!
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FB all the way…Mocha chai breakfast smoothie…
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I follow you on FB, Twitter, and Pinterest! My favorite post from this past year was definitely Pumpkin Donut Holes with Sunbutter Caramel. Beyond the beyond of deliciousness.
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Spice -Roasted Chickpeas!
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I “liked” you on Fbook and am “following” you on Pinterest and Twitter. This is my favorite post, b\c it was the post that I discovered you with!
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I follow you on Facebook and Pinterest!
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Oh I forgot! You have so many wonderful posts! I like your recent one on recommitment instead of resolutions!
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Almond Joy Snacks is my favorite 2012 post! I love almonds, coconut and chocolate! It’s wonderful to have a recipe that has all 3 ingredients that I can eat.
Thank-you!!
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Being liked to The Balanced Platter on Facebook let’s the good recipes come TO ME! Great things show up in my newsfeed all the time! I enjoy the spice roasted chickpea. And I have cunning plots for my niece and nephew with the hidden greens chocolate shake!!
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LOVE THE COCONUT ALMOND BARS BLOG!!! AND LOVE THE RECIPE!!! MY FAVORITE THINGS!!
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Oh and I also LIKED your Facebook page too!
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I just found you and am following on facebook. The chickpea recipe is great. Happy birthday!
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